Kenilworth police are investigating a note threatening a bomb at David Brearly High School that was found on Thursday, April 29.

According to Detective Sergeant Tim Dowd, the vague note was found in a common bathroom in the school after students had been dismissed for the day. Dowd said the handwritten note did not target an individual or a specific location.

After the note was found Kenilworth Police escorted the staff members from inside the building and swept the building with assistance from the Union County Sherriff’s K-9 unit. No explosives were found in the building that day and the Kenilworth performed another check of the building before school hours on Monday. While no dangerous materials were found inside the school this week Dowd said there was large police presence during the weekend.

Police are investigating the threat and anyone with information is urged to contact the Kenilworth Police Department at 908-276-1700.

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Police are investigating a theft of $15,000 of equipment from truck parked in a locked yard of a borough construction company on April 27.

According to Detective Sergeant Tim Dowd thieves forced open a trailer parked on fenced in lot of the Springfield Road company sometime between the evening hours of April 27 and the early morning hours of April 28. While the suspects’ point of entry to the yard is currently unknown, Dowd said that over $15,000 in equipment, including power tools and jackhammers, was taken. Police are currently investigating the case.

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A Roselle Park woman was charged with driving while intoxicated after hitting two parked on Saturday, April 24.

Pamela Church was charged after Officers Ken Grady and Len Lueddeke responded to a report of an accident on Fairfield Avenue at 12:55 p.m. Church, who reportedly was found to be intoxicated, was charged with driving while intoxicated and was later released pending a court appearance.

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Cranford

A Cranford man was charged with driving while intoxicated after police received a report of an intoxicated driver in the parking lot of a Dunkin Donuts store on Sunday, May 2.

Scott Ruchok, 32, was charged after Officer John Rattigan responded to the North Avenue parking lot of the coffee shop at 1:22 a.m. and found him in a reportedly intoxicated state.
Ruchok was charged with driving while intoxicated and possession of an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle.

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A Roselle man and his Orange passenger were charged after the vehicle they were in was stopped because the driver was not wearing a seatbelt on Saturday, May 1.

Al Holliman, 31, the driver and passenger Aquial Smith, 24, were charged after the vehicle was stopped by Officer Eugene Perrotta at the intersection of South Avenue and Lincoln Avenue West at 7:26 p.m.

Holliman was held on outstanding warrants out of Newark and Smith was charged with hindering apprehension.

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A Chase City, Virginia man and his Newark and Rahway passengers were charged with narcotics possession after the vehicle they were in was stopped for having no front license plate on Thursday, April 29.

Driver, Jaleel Swint, 20, and passengers Carlton Lawson, 20, of Newark and Travis Campbell, 20, of Rahway were all charged after they were stopped by Officer Spencer Durkin on Centennial Avenue at Hayes Street at 6:44 p.m. All three were charged with possession of marijuana. Lawson was additionally charged with hindering his own apprehension.

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A Newark man was charged with possession of marijuana after being stopped for having a broken headlight on Wednesday, April 28.

Daniel Prophete, 25, was charged after he was stopped by Officer Spencer Durkin on Centennial Avenue near Raritan Road at 8:55 p.m.

Prophete was charged with possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia.